Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Sweet... Started with Cute (Qt)

Its like a life saver that netbeans included the qt application for c++ else god knows how much time I would have wasted figuring out the integration etc etc like I did for converting the obfuscated code in to OOP's code I know I know Bad practice but never mind.. :)

Now I need to figure out the power of Qt started learning about it. Lets see how much fruitful will that turn out to be

Kick Start with ubuntu - Linux

Hello every one..

As a hardcore fan of Ubuntu. I encouraged ubuntizing the community near and dear to me. So my friends the absolute new bie installation is here. Methods might be disturbing to geek gurus..bear with me..

People who have windows vista installed and want to dual boot with ubuntu Might face problems after installation but any ways here is how "crudely" I started to install linux on the my machines.

These steps are falling through my memory so if there is some thing wrong correct me..
1) Inside Windows go to control panel.
2) locate Administrative tools
3) double click computer management
4) click on disk management on the left side
5) you would now be able to see the list of drives. Make sure you empty one of the drive for linux. (NOTE: This I want you to do to avoid the partition making during installation)
6) say D: drive or E: drive.
7) 10-15 GB would be more than enough for ubuntu. now right click on the drive in which you want to install ubuntu. (The data on the drive is going to be erased and its irrevocable) select delete partition.
8) now you have deleted the partition creating empty space. Thats it do not do any thing. If my memory serves right you can see the empty space in green color.
9) Insert the ubuntu CD ( Request from https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ or download the image and burn it ). For beginners with almost zero experience I suggest to request it . You'll receive it with in 4 Weeks
10) After inserting it See to that the boot order is set to CD first.
11) select Install Ubuntu or if you want to just run the live CD select Try Ubuntu
12) The next few steps would be inherent and self explanatory. when you reach to a step where you are asked on which partition you need to install ubuntu. select probably the fourth or 5th option install on Largest contiguous space available
13) Thats it.
14) After installation open System>adminstration>synaptic and hit reload on the top. (internet connectivity is required)
15) after the process finishes search for your software suppose VLC . check the option and hit Apply on the top.
16) Have fun with Ubuntu Spread the word . Live FREE...